Georgia Tech baseball adds highly ranked recruiting class

Staff Reports

ATLANTA — Georgia Tech signed 10 high school baseball players Wednesday, including five from Georgia, in a 2027 recruiting class ranked No. 13 nationally by both Perfect Game and Baseball America.

It marks the seventh time in eight years the Yellow Jackets have signed a top-20 class, the most of any Atlantic Coast Conference program in that span, according to Georgia Tech. Perfect Game ranks the class first in the ACC, while Baseball America has it second.

All five Georgia signees rank among the state’s top 15 prospects, including three in the top 10, according to Prep Baseball Report.

“High school recruiting is the lifeblood of our program, starting in the state and expanding across the country,” Georgia Tech coach James Ramsey said.

The Georgia group includes infielders Malachi Butler of McEachern and Evan Brand of Kell, right-handed pitchers Andrew Brech of Mountain View and Carter Allen of Bremen, and Nathan Curcio, a right-handed pitcher and infielder from Etowah.

The Yellow Jackets also signed California infielders Brady Bickham of Claremont and Jordan Kurz of Orange Lutheran, left-hander Anthony Iatarola of George W. Jenkins in Florida, catcher Brue Milner of Tallassee in Alabama, and Cason Borchardt, an outfielder and left-handed pitcher from Horace in North Dakota.

The signees are due to join the program next year. In the meantime, Georgia Tech will chase its third straight ACC regular-season title, a feat no team in the conference has accomplished since 2003. The Yellow Jackets also won their first ACC tournament title since 2014 last season and earned the No. 2 national seed in the NCAA Tournament.

All-American slugger Ryan Zuckerman returns from a lineup that hit .356 and averaged 10.9 runs per game. Weekend starters Jackson Blakely and Carson Ballard are back from a staff that led the ACC with a 4.36 ERA in conference games. Georgia Tech also added 11 transfers and nine freshmen for the upcoming season, including former Cairo pitcher Reid Gainous.